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The summer edition of Private Equity Update covers recent developments associated with the ILPA principles, the new Capital Adequacy Requirements in Guernsey and insight into the latest trends in investor reporting.

This edition of Private Equity Update was released July 2010.

The past year has given the lie to the idea of fund administration being just a cosy back-room business that deal-makers barely need to keep in their peripheral vision. The new challenges crowding in on private equity, such as tougher regulation, globalisation and more demanding LPs, are bringing fund admin’s role in private equity into a new light.

This article appeared in Real Deals, June 2010 and features a case study with one of our clients, Syntaxis Capital.

There are a number of issues that a fund manager must consider when setting up a fund, with things like tax, regulation, ability to list and quality of administration, chief among them.

This article appeared in Corporate INTL, June 2010

Rikke Lilla Eckhoff speaks to Ipes chief executive Kevin Brennan about fund administration’s role, the resurgence of fair value accounting and the industry’s adaptability in the face of growing European regulation.

This article appeared in Unquote” – Fund Administration 2009

Are fund administrators leaping too far forward in the ongoing in-house vs outsourcing debate by ignoring the issues around the perceived quality of their service provision within the PE industry?

This article appeared in European Venture Capital Journal, September 2009

Outsourcing investor communication to a third party is sometimes perceived as surrendering the information flow to your investors.' 'Should private equity firms outsource fund administration? Julie Jones presents the arguments in favour.

This article appeared in Private Equity International, June 2009

One of the major areas of growth within Guernsey’s investment fund sector has been private equity. The advent of the island’s qualifying investor fund legislation (QIF) has seen a growth in the number of private equity funds domiciling and being administered in Guernsey.

This article appeared in Corporate INTL, June 2009

The Channel Islands have always maintained high standards in regards to regulation, and the jurisdictions’ inclusion on the OECD White list has confirmed this status. Given the increased scrutiny on the industry, quality of regulation is more important than ever in the eyes of investors – and in some cases there is a migration to the Channel Islands away from non-white list jurisdictions.

This article appeared in Corporate INTL, June 2009